Na’Vi vs. NiP at ECS Predictions

These two teams just played a best of three final on Dreamhack Masters Malmo, NiP took the series 2-0 but it was extremely close, they won 16-14 on both maps and pulled off a nice come back on dust2, I honestly expected Na`Vi to take this match quite easily, didn’t write anything about it because I wasn’t 100% sure, now I’m glad that I didn’t touch it.

So now we have a rematch, both teams are usually better on lan events, however NiP have a better record in their online matches, especially that excellent 16-2 score in ESL ESEA Pro League, in fact one of the losses was against Na`Vi and one against fnatic. This time NiP is looking better, they had a great run on Dreamhack Masters Malmo and won the entire event, while Na`Vi kinda struggled on the recent events, not saying that everything is going in favor of NiP but it seems like people still underestimate them as the odds are quite stupid at the moment.

I would go with the underdog in this match, NiP is my pick for now even though they lost majority of their matches against Na`Vi in the past, it seems like the realistic odds are 50-50 and there is no reason to bet on the higher odds.